ROCKFORD -- A 1-year-old Rockford girl was reported in critical condition Saturday afternoon after being pulled from a swimming pool in her backyard.

The girl, whose name was not released, was pulled from the pool by a family member, who started administering CPR. Rockford Ambulance crews were called to the residence at 98 West Bridge Street at 12:20 p.m., said Rockford Police Department dispatcher Rhonda Greiner.

Across the street from the family's home, 92-year-old neighbor Alton Dame had tears in his eyes as he described the scene early afternoon, when a fire truck and ambulance crowded the narrow street.

“I hope she'll be OK,” he said of the girl, crossing his fingers and holding them in the air.

At the home next door, neighbors stood in front of their garage, the garage door on the floor. They said it appeared the child's mother, who arrived at the home distraught after the incident, forgot to put her SUV in park and it rolled into their driveway, smashing through the door.

The neighbors, who did not want to be identified, said the family has five children, the 1-year-old girl the youngest.

No one answered at the home, where toddler riding toys were parked near the porch and a baby swing hung from a front yard tree.